2006-09-04 15:34:04 · 6 answers · asked by fresh2 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yeah, honestly I do. Where I live it was not until the year 2000 when the Best Buy near me had more DVD than VHS? Most people or at least half were still buying VHS. Now...just 6 years later DVD's are about to become old school? VHS tapes were like mainstream for the better part of a decade...just goes to show you how fast technology is flying.
The reason for this is because obviously they want people to replace their non HD Tv's with new ones even though alot of people recently in the past year or two bought widescreen huge TV's for thousands of dollars which were not HD?
2006-09-04 15:43:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't help but wonder whether these formats really have any commercial viability other than as a means of storing large amounts of data. The DVD format has become more or less the standard for years, and even if these new technologies do take off, there's only so much material a movie studio will be willing to include in any given DVD release. You can only hold your audience's attention for so long at once.
Besides, even if these new disc formats take off, or even if newer technology comes out that allows you to store even more than Blu-Ray can, would it really be economically feasible for the studios to release movies in those formats? It would be like using a 5" CD to store less than 21 minutes of music when a 3" disc would do.
2006-09-04 15:51:21 · answer #2 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course they are. but the industry knows that there are always those suckers willing to pay top dollar for the newest thing. once hd-dvd and/or blu-ray are widespread the price won't be any higher than dvd's are now.
cd's had the same issue back in the 80's. players were around $700, hardly anyone even carried cd's and if they did they were rediculously expensive.
they're being released to take advantage of those select few willing to pay top dollar.
2006-09-04 15:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is just what I hear from some people close in the industryL
Blu-Ray disks are very hard to manufacture. They are getting like 50% efficiency out of them, while HD disks are getting the max usage out of their potential. Granted Blu-Ray are supposed to get a lot more storage space out of HD, but who wants to keep having to buy upgrades as they work out kinks.
I am putting my money on Bill Gates and HD.
2006-09-04 15:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by Christopher B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't really know any plus-side to either yet, DVD's are fine media, if you're too lazy to change a disk during a 4hr movie then go ahead and waste the money..
2006-09-04 16:05:19 · answer #5 · answered by lenfantdezappa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, Now they can begin programming The next format.
2006-09-04 15:40:17 · answer #6 · answered by chubbiguy40 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋